News - Geraint Davies

Rwanda Deportation Policy

The inhumane deportation policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda started this week. The UK Conservative Government announced earlier last month that the first group of asylum seekers under this scheme will be deported on Tuesday 14th June. The Government plan to send refugees fleeing persecution and war to a…

No 10 Parties Show Tories Unfit For Office

Geraint Davies MP this week hit out at the Prime Minister’s No 10 parties during lockdown. Geraint Davies Labour and Cooperative MP for Swansea West said, “At the time of the no 10 Downing Street party people in Swansea, Wales could face fines of £60 and £1920 for holding similar…

Geraint Davies MP signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment

This week Geraint Davies MP signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today. This year we…

MP & Swansea Students Protest Against Rise In Spiking Incidents

Swansea students joined forces with Geraint Davies MP in protest outside Swansea clubs Sin City, Bamboo and Fiction against the wave of spiking in drinks and via needles that is reported from their premises. Said Geraint Davies Labour & Cooperative MP for Swansea West “We need better scanning, searches, CCTV,…

Chancellor Urged To Extend Furlough

Geraint Davies MP has joined colleagues in calling on the Chancellor to extend furlough, as Coronavirus cases increase. More than 100 MPs have united to lobby the chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) for the aviation sector until March 2021. Geraint Davies MP signed a letter,…

Byeline Times: Boris Johnson’s Government is Silencing MPs AND THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT

Boris Johnson may give the impression of a loveable rogue but beneath the bluster lurks a more sinister threat than a man afflicted by serial, benign incompetence. He has, after all, already removed two Conservative Prime Ministers in his ruthless quest for power. To consolidate that power, he now has…

Geraint Speaks for UK Parliament at International Stockholm Environment Institute UN online Clean air, Covid-19 and Climate Change Conference

Geraint Davies, Member of Parliament for Swansea West, this month opened the Stockholm. Environment Institute Conference, marking the inaugural World Clean Air Day. Speaking at the Conference, Geraint Davies said “Seven million people die each year from air pollution and millions more will die as a result of climate change. …

Welsh Economy & Coronavirus Parliamentary Report shows urgent need for fair funding and UK intervention to support Welsh industry

Today’s Welsh Affairs Welsh Economy & Coronavirus Parliamentary Report shows urgent need for fair funding and UK intervention to support Welsh industry says Labour Welsh Affairs committee member and Swansea West MP Geraint Davies. Geraint Davies said, “The report gathers together a huge body of evidence from across all Wales…

Geraint Davies MP pioneers Online Constituent Meetings for Swansea West

Member of Parliament for Swansea West, Geraint Davies, has held the first online constituent meeting to speak directly with residents during the Coronavirus pandemic. Since the Coronavirus pandemic begun several months ago, concerns have been raised that local residents may be isolated and unable to communicate their concerns to public…

The immediate suspension of rubber bullet, tear gas and other exports to the US

Geraint Davies joined calls for the UK to stop policing and security equipment that is being misused in the US. The letter, which was sent to Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade following the deaths of George Floyd, can be read in full below.

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